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AssessmentThe Center for Service and Learning places a high value on service learning as an "educationally meaningful" learning experiences. To ensure that service learning is "educationally meaningful," the Office of Service Learning works with faculty to develop assessment tools and techniques. This page contains links to assessment resources that faculty can use to help them identify what works and what needs to be improved in designing service-learning experiences.Classroom Assessment Tools The Assessment Rubric for Student Reflections can be used as a tool for evaluating written reflection pieces by students. The rubric establishes general criteria for reflection which faculty can adapt for their own courses. The Credit Option survey can be used to assess satisfaction and learning for students who complete a one-credit service option in connection with a course. The End of Course survey can be used to assess student learning at the end of a service-learning course. The Pretest and Posttest Questionnaires can be used to measure change in students' attitudes and perceptions of their learning as a result of a service-learning course. Other Assessment Tools The American Democracy Project has developed a useful guide to assessing civic engagement. CIRCLE, The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at the University of Maryland, has developed a number of useful assessment instruments. The National Service Learning Clearinghouse has an extensive on-line bibliography of assessment and evaluation instruments that faculty can use to assess service-learning in their own courses or as instruments for program and project evalution. |
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